I thought, for the sake of contrast, i'd add the CYPPC characters from the posters below as they appear in the Illustrator file. I've also added a few larger scale version of my faves... Goth, John Peel, Bjork fan, and Green Day fan :D

Lego was huge for me from as far back as I can remember up until I was about 12ish(?) I would think. Obviously it's bigger now than ever what with Film tie-ins and what not. So I can't help but think that there's a bit of Lego influence in these characters and in the minds of those who have been doing this style of character design for the last how ever many years...

If you like animation you should also check out 'Oblong Pictures'. Chris Salt has made some amazing films and every now and then you'll get a new gem to perk up your day :)

Another happy outcome..! :)

Awareness campaign for the Dundee Children and Young Person's Protection Committee.
This'll be on streets, Buses, coasters and advertising screens throughout the City.

Now, I just need to getting around to making all those little folk dance!!! :D

Animation... :o

Yep, I really wish I had more time to work on these kinds of projects...

I wish I had more time to work on these kinds of projects... however, I did this back in summer '07. I'd made a few basic animations for ex Pop Will Eat Itself midlanders, Graham Crabb and Adam Mole who now perform under the guise of 'Vile Evils'!
They only got used at a festival in Guernsey, so consequently they were not widely seen.
However, this past weekend Gra and Adman did a show supporting EMF and the projections were dug out once more.
So, this is a clip (on Youtube) of the stage show in Guernsey with a few of my animations edited in and sometimes visible on the movie.
I see my animation style as 'Mister Men Chic' - you're at liberty to call it what you like ;)

Christmas...

Can't say that I look forward to doing Christmas related projects projects but this one turned out nice... ;)

With Halloween approaching I thought i'd throw these into the ring...

I produced the stencils last year and offered them out for free but I didn't have any examples of what they might look like until the 30th Oct '07 - so here we are... although I think they look much creepier a week later - maybe we should carve them a few days earlier..?

The week old pix will also serve as proof to the person who suggested I 'Photoshoped' the first pic!

Stencils here - just don't tell George!

New Tees, New Tees, New Tees..!

Finally - the long promised Bonehead Tee has arrived - order being taken now for Halloween delivery date.

Design shown here but be sure to visit my site and check out the hoodies too!

'boneheadtees shop'

A bit of animation I did recently... hope to do more and tighten up my skills a bit!

Industrial Bubblegum GAME Preview!!!

Still a few glitches to be sorted - not all the bubbles pop and there should be music in the background. However  -  it's worth a look as it is.

Once i'm a bit more organised it'll be on a page of it's own but i've dropped it into a template page for now... play, play, play!!!

BTW - don't get too carried away with those high scores... this is the easy version of the game - there is an alternate version where you drive a hover craft and not a tank - the physics are totally different and it's much more difficult... maybe...

Check back soon!!!

A few tees and things that i've put out recently...

The red one is for a computer games competition in Dundee called 'Dare' - the other stuff is all available for sale in the shop!

...except for the hoodie which is a sample of a set that i'm going to get done a bit later in the year.

The Badge is from the Vile Evils set that's available in the badge section of the shop.

Go. buy. now!

New website under construction...

I'm in the process of bringing my various projects together in a way that, hopefully, gives them equal exposure without being confusing for my visitors.

The day to day graphics side is the 'jongill.co.uk' and 'gilaGraphics.co.uk' side of things. Then the slightly mor off the wall and 'what-ever-i-want' bit comes under 'industrialbubblegum.com' 

Finally, the new bit is the ever expanding 'boneheadtees.co.uk' where i'll be selling tees, hoodies and maybe a hat or two.

That's the plan.

So, you can see the beginnings of the new site at 'www.gilaGraphics.co.uk/new'

Any comments gratefully received..!

Ta

Daisy, Daisy...

Ahh! I love this kind of thing. I'll never be happy until i've done an action figure/toy of some sort but this is getting close...

Daisy is the new mascot for the DUNCAN scheme in Dundee. We already have 'Duncan' but we felt there was a gap in our market for a 'wee' sister. So, Daisy was 'born'!

The original visualisation sketch, final illustration and suit are all documented here.

DUNCAN was designed in 2002 and then became a suit in 2005. Last year I became 'Duncan' for the day at the local Gala day which was good fun - and oddly liberating..!

Daisy was designed in March and we've been eagerly awaiting her arrival ever since.

I bought 'Pete's Dragon' on DVD for my daughter last year, which she now loves, and I think she's quite impressed that daddy has a dragon of his own, although on the occasions that she's had to meet him she politely declines, screams, runs off!

She did, however, contribute to the design of Daisy. Originally I was going to put big chunky trainers on Daisy (like the Tweenies - who were made by the same people who kindly made Daisy for us!) but I also liked Duncans big green chunky feet. So without mentioning any of this to my daughter I just asked what we should put on her feet and without a moments thought she just said 'pink sandles'! So i, kind of, got the best of both worlds!

Anyway, hope you like my little family of dragons - you can see more at DUNCAN and Little and Lost.

No blogs for a while - mixture of busy-ness and lethargy...

Well, i'm breaking the run with something that, for me, is very cool!

I'm sure this is a lot more interesting to me than for anyone else - as is most of this blog I 'spose - but particularly this post...

I've been selling a few tees as you may know, and now, it seems we've come full circle.

One of the reasons I do what I do is because I always loved comics, so i'd copy the pictures, which eventually morphed into me making up my own stuff, then selling it on, and now someone has lifted one of my ideas and put it in a comic! Yay!!

It's the dude on the right wearing one of my shirts...

I don't know much about this other than it's a Canadian artist who bought one of my shirts - i'll add more as it comes!

Cool

Interestingly, there are still a few of those very same shirts available for purchase...

//gila out

New tee design decided...

Twilight Bones will be the new gilaSkin to be released.

More news, shirt and print colours, how much, where and when... very soon!

Backprint, if any, to be decided...

Snow business like... 

hmm, cheap..!

Below are a 4 of 6 images I did in October/November...

They were meant to be Christmas cards but then School kids artwork got used instead, so, i doubt they'll get used for anything now...

I traced the images from existing Dundee photos or new ones that I took myself and then added the the lying and falling snow. I didn't really want to do it because I wasn't convinced it would look... 'convincing' (!), but I quite like the finished effect.

It's funny what you can do when you're pushed.

Whoa..!

Tried snowboarding for the first time last weekend..!

Wanna go again!

...

see below... 

I now feel qualified to design a graphic for a snow board.

And I would buy mine...

More art soon..!

It's not all Tshirts...

Well, what else have I been up to?

I regularly visit a blog by an illustrator call Rob Dunlavey. He had a link to Salomon's Snowboard design competition. I haven't entered a design competition in years so thought i'd have a go. There was less than 48 hours to the comp ending (and even I need to sleep now and then) so i used stuff I had to hand. You may recognise it! 

See what you think.

Stop the Press! Salomon have extended the entry date by a week! Get your submissions in by 8 March, 2008...

Back Prints!

I like back prints - do you?

These are the proposed back print designs for the Twilite bonze shirt.

What say you?

 

Twilite Bonze!

New shirt on the horizon!

'Bonehead' is done and posted with a few left available to buy through my site.

The next design is 'twilite bonze' and a colour smaple is below.

Feedback appreciated, particularly on the colour combinations.

Last time I offered 6 variations - this time i'm going to narrow it to 4. These are the proposed colours but what do you think?

//gila out!

It's here, it's arrived!

Order 'Bonehead' shirts from the gilaStore.

Link to your right.

Go, 

go quickly, 

go now!

Limited time, limited print run.

Never to be repeated.

Still here?

Why?!

Well - haven't been here for a while...

What better reason then but to launch 'gilaSkins'!

A whole new way to covering up those old bones!

I'll be looking for orders very soon but for now I'd like a bit of feedback on the preliminary designs I have ready. I've three designs plus a backprint that could well go on all of them... so whaddaya think?

Rather than show all designs in all colours i've selected one for each but the final combinations may vary. I just need to know what you like...

Cheers,

gila